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Going For Gold

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Last Friday I attended a special awards assembly at the littlies school for attendance. Now Boo and the Little Man are no strangers to receiving 100% attendance awards despite their sister having so much time off sick and in hospital, we have tried really hard to keep them in a routine of attending school regularly.

This was the first time for Star though, her first term back at school after thirteen months off and she gets a gold award. Truly an amazing achievement.

I’m proud of all three of my little ones. We don’t always have an easy time with school, but we all try really hard and it shows.

Star and the Little Man wouldn’t pose for photos with their awards so here is my beautiful Boo showing off hers.

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My Little Man Can Read!

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Warning..This post is purely proud mummy boasting! Well, we are all allowed that sometimes aren’t we?

My Little Man was a slow starter, I was very worried about him at first. He hadn’t reached all his developmental goals by the age of two and that’s why he was given extra support with a place at a pre-school group. He didn’t even start walking until he was nearly two and I was still picking him up from nursery in his pushchair at three.

Now he is four. Four years and seven months to be precise, and you can’t tell he’s any difference from any other child in reception class (despite him being the youngest there.)

I went to parents evening and his teacher was obviously enamoured by him. You can’t help it, he’s very cute, he just does cute things which make you go awww. However, he can also be difficult, but not in a naughty way. It’s hard to explain but we both agreed that he is mischievous. He gets into places he’s not supposed to be, gets hold of things he’s not supposed to have but he’s never unkind, or spiteful and he never answers back.

We both agreed that when he’s in the mood to learn that he’s very bright. Especially with his reading and writing. In fact I think he’s doing much better than the girls were at his age.

Every night I read him a bedtime story, but lately he wants to read to me instead. If it’s an easy book then he will read it by himself, if it’s longer we will take it in turns, but his skill at reading has amazed me. He never asks what a word is, no matter how complicated. He takes each unfamiliar word and breaks it down into segments and works out the sounds before putting it back together and saying it over and over until it become a word that makes sense. How clever is that for a four year old!!

Here are some of his favourite books at the moment:

No Bot by Sue Hendra

Bernard is a robot who loses his bottom with hilarious results.

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

 

Julia Donaldson is always a favourite but this is his favourite book because we love to do the wooshing action when they go off on the broom.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

 

We saw the play for this story and it has become a firm favourite now.

Linking up with the fabulous Small Steps Amazing Achievemnts

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School Report Time

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My Facebook timeline has been filled with proud parents posting about their kids fantastic school reports and that’s great, it’s so lovely to be proud.

I’m really proud of Boo, not only has she changed school and had to make heaps of new friends, she’s had to fit in even though she is a slow learner and has had a lot of catching up to do. She might not be the brightest in the class but she is the youngest. She no longer needs an Individual Education Plan and is keeping up with the rest of the class. She’s gone from not being able to write or spell to producing some lovely stories. Her drawings are really good and she’s always got a pen and paper in her hand. What has really surprised me is that she’s really good at mathematics, I don’t know where she gets that from! Her report praises her for coping with the change of school so well and being good at making new friends. She’s also really well behaved and attentive in class. She tries really hard and it’s obvious that she really wants to learn. So, even though she doesn’t get the best scores in tests, she is a little trouper and I’m sure one day she will prove how clever she really is.

The Little Man’s report reflects his personality. He talks to much, he doesn’t listen, he does his own thing. He does play nicely with the other children and is not disruptive or naughty, so I’m not too worried about him. He can write his own name and recognise a lot of letters and numbers. He is bright despite being the youngest in the class (yes again, thanks to me only having babies in the summer holidays!) but he doesn’t like being told what to do. (He gets that from his Dad!) I’m hoping he will be more settled when he starts reception in September.

So, no A+ in our house (yet) but I’m still a really proud Mummy!

Linking up with Small Steps Amazing Achievements, currently being hosted over on  AutismMummy

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